To a Certain Point

            I believe that trolling can be done to a certain point. I have seen many people on Facebook troll each other. Most of the time is a healthy kind of troll, making fun of each other. Usually consists of them posting a meme or posting other things to try to make that person upset but then in return they will troll their friend also.  How is trolling healthy for a relationship? The definition says that troll” make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.” Most of the time, friend trolls each other for the fun of it, to make good memories and to see how much they are capable of taking it. Unfortunately, sometimes people take to the extreme and a troll ends up creating a lot of contention and sometimes it can lead to death.

            Troll is also related to “TMI” or other types of problem. Not too long ago, a father made a video o her daughter cut all of her hair off because of something she had done and the father did not appreciate. He posted the video on Facebook to show the world how rebellious his young daughter was. Not too long later, the young girl took her life away because she though such embarrassment was not worth living. This shows how sometimes people take things too seriously instead of learning from their mistakes and ignore the bullies. From inappropriate action, to trolling to suicide; things should not revolve like this. People should think more before they decide to do something and post online, where billions of people have access to it. Do not feed trolling unless you can take it when someone trolls you back.

PRIVACYYYYY

            This week I taught a lot about the analogy of the camel and the tent, and how it is connected to our lost of privacy through social media. One times, I was looking the transactions on my credit card and I noticed that the balance was off. I looked to see what I had spent my money on. I saw a bill of $75.00, which I couldn’t remember what I had paid for. I decided to call the company and they told me what it was and they warned me that someone had use my card to go into an adult website. Fortunately, I was able to get my money back, but I had to get a new credit card etc. It was no fun having to deal with that. But I believe this happened because my privacy had being breached through the Internet. Someone was able to get my personal information. I remember when I started using Facebook and MySpace. I would only have friend requests from friends and family. Also they were the only ones that could see the things I shared. Now, anyone can send you a friend request, can see the things you post, and can see your pictures. Privacy has gone away with the increase of social network platforms. I fall into the problems of never reading the terms and agreements of something when I download or buy. Now, thinking of all the people that are missing or having been kidnapped, how many of those things happened because it had something to do with their privacy setting on Facebook?

            I believe if don’t stop being careless with our personal things; soon it will cost a lot because someone else could be using our identity. $75.00 to a college student is a lot of money when you are broke, but losing your identity could be even worse when you lose your “life” to someone else, so they can use your benefits and make your name dirty.